The uIDE concept is not terribly new (search for GIDE and you will see what I mean, although these adapters are not available any more).
The idea was to produce a '''low cost''' IDE adapter, suitable for connecting to Z-80 computers via a shim board that fits between a (socketed) Z-80 and its main board socket. From the shim, a 40 way IDC cable is connected to the uIDE adapter board, then a CF card or DOM plugs into the other end (if there is space inside your Z-80 computer, you may be able to connect the shim and uIDE cards directly together without a cable). uIDE cards are "universal" because their I/O base address is fully configurable via a row of 2 position jumpers on the board.
Once the hardware is installed, drivers need to be written (see below).